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Start Over Object class Containers for personal grooming and hygiene Culture or time period Ancient Greece
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3302, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; glaze severely worn on lower back and base; red paint badly preserved; 2 seated, confronted sphinxes; filling of dots and rosettes; above, band between 2 pairs of lines; below, 2 lines, glaze band; on base, 5 concentric circles; on neck, tongues; rim dotted; round mouth, concentric circles.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-6683, described as Etrusco-Corinthian black-figure alabastron; put together from a few large pieces; dull buff clay; added red paint; two confronted sphinxes, with two Geese between them; a third goose below sphinx at 1; two more geese at back; incised rosettes in field; tongues on shoulder; rosette underneath; dots on rim and handle; tongues on mouth. Height 17.6 cm; diameter 9.5 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3370, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; complete; approximately top half broken off and repaired; small piece missing in crack; paint worn; remains of red paint on lions and eagle; on body: eagle flying to left between 2 confronted lions; incised rosettes in field; rosette on base; on mouth and neck, tongues; on rim, dots.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3368, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; complete; top broken off repaired; round hollow underneath; copious use of red paint for animals; on body, sphinx and goose; sphinx wears fillet and polos; incised rosettes in field; rosette underneath; on neck, tongues; on mouth, red and black tongues; on rim, dots.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-521, described as Long alabastron
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-354, described as tc, 9 warriors
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3364, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact, save for large chip in mouth; on body: 5 horizontal stripes (each with one or more red lines painted on black) and 2 rows of dicing; below this, 2-1-2 lines; on neck, tongues; on top of mouth, 2 black rings; on rim, red paint.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-351, described as Terracotta flask, demon & harpy; Corinthian black-figure alabastron; put together from fragments, some restoration in plaster; glaze fired coppery red; main frieze: Boread in Knielauf pose; siren with polos; thick filling ornament; above and below main frieze, 3 horizontals; underneath, rosette of 28 leaves; on shoulder, tongues; dots on rim; rosette on top of mouth.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-6548, described as Corinthian black figured alabastron; mouthpiece ancient but alien; black glaze fired tan; two lions confronted, with heads turned back; incised rosettes in field; tongues in shoulder; rosette on bottom; rings on top and edge of mouth; original part of handle preserves glaze on back.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3358, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; added red on avians; on body, cock and owl confronted, incised rosettes; under vase, rosette; on neck, tongues; on rim, dots; on mouth, alternately red and black tongues.

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